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    • The Festgesang (Festive song), WAB 15, is a cantata composed by Anton Bruckner in 1855.


    History


    This cantata, also called Jodok Cantata, is the last of three larger-scale occasional compositions.
    Bruckner composed it on 6 December 1855 for the name-day of Jodok Stülz, the dean of the St. Florian Abbey, as a "Farewell to St. Florian", three weeks before he moved to Linz. The piece was intended to be performed on 13 December 1855 (Stülz's name day) or the evening before. The manuscript is stored in the archive of the St. Florian Abbey.
    The manuscript was retrieved in 1921 by Franz Xaver Müller in the archive of the St. Florian Abbey. A facsimile was first published in volume II/2, pp. 241–244 of the Göllerich/Auer biography. It is published in volume XXII/1 no. 5 of the Gesamtausgabe.


    Text


    The text used for the cantata is by an unknown author:


    Setting


    The in total 143-bar long work in C major is scored for SATB choir and STB soloists, and piano.
    The cantata is in six parts:

    Recitative "Sankt Jodok sproß": bass soloist (bars 1–7)
    Aria "In Einsamkeit zurückgezogen": bass soloist (bars 8–23)
    Choir "Du bist der Vater": mixed choir (bars 27–79) Ziemlich langsam, gemütlich
    Aria "Du pflegst das Herz": soprano soloist (bars 80–102) Langsam, mit Gefühl
    Recitative "Nicht minder ziert": tenor soloist (bars 103–109)
    Finale "Heil unserm Vater": mixed choir (bars 100–143) Mäßig langsam
    Despite it contains already own ideas of the composer, the 6-part cantata looks somewhat archaic with its two recitatives, arias and choir parts. The arias look back to baroque examples, in which a basso continuo instrument accompany the solo-singer. The choir parts – a little in the follow of Michael Haydn – refer with imitation phrases to florid counterpoint.


    Discography


    There is a single recording of the Festgesang:

    Thomas Kerbl, Chorvereinigung Bruckner 2011, Anton Bruckner Lieder/Magnificat – CD: LIVA 046, 2011


    References




    Sources


    August Göllerich, Anton Bruckner. Ein Lebens- und Schaffens-Bild, c. 1922 – posthumous edited by Max Auer by G. Bosse, Regensburg, 1932
    Anton Bruckner – Sämtliche Werke, Band XXII/1: Kantaten und Chorwerke I (1845–1855), Musikwissenschaftlicher Verlag der Internationalen Bruckner-Gesellschaft, Franz Burkhart, Rudolf H. Führer and Leopold Nowak (Editor), Vienna, 1987 (Available on IMSLP: Neue Gesamtausgabe, XXII/1. Kantaten und Chorwerke Teil 1: Nr. 1-5)
    Uwe Harten, Anton Bruckner. Ein Handbuch. Residenz Verlag, Salzburg, 1996. ISBN 3-7017-1030-9
    Cornelis van Zwol, Anton Bruckner 1824–1896 – Leven en werken, uitg. Thoth, Bussum, Netherlands, 2012. ISBN 978-90-6868-590-9
    Crawford Howie, Anton Bruckner - A documentary biography, online revised edition


    External links


    Festgesang, WAB 15: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
    Festgesang C-Dur, WAB 15 Critical discography by Hans Roelofs (in German)
    Thomas Kerbl's performance can be heard on YouTube: Kantate für Dechant Jodok Stulz, WAB 15

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